ANGRY homeowners have formed an action committee to block plans for a new housing estate on their doorstep.

Almost 100 protesters packed a public meeting in Buckley to register their opposition to Flintshire County Council's decision to allocate 13.5 acres of land in Well Street for development in the soon-to-be-published Unitary Development Plan.

This maps out potential sites for new homes in the county up to 2015, and the public will have six weeks to register their objections.

Joan Williamson, of Daleside, Buckley, said there were major reasons why the Well Street plan should be scrapped.

She told the meeting: 'Just days ago we had f looding in our street and the road network to the proposed development site is inadequate and could not take any more traff ic.

'The development would also take a chunk out of the green belt between Buckley and Mynydd Isa. This would create massive damage to the environment.'

Arthur Gill, of Daleside, who chaired the meeting, urged residents to mount a robust campaign to get the Well Street site - capable of accommodating 162 new homes - out of the county development plan.

He said recent f looding had underlined the need to prevent further housing development in the area, adding: 'The drainage system is already inadequate and couldn't cope with any more development.'